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Outline and explain two ways in which the family socializes individuals into their culture (16 marks)

One way in which the family socializes individuals into their culture is through the use of certain sanctions. Sanctionss are positive or negative reinforcements of certain behaviour that can be reflected th...
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Outline and explain two reasons for gender differences in educational achievement.

Due to society's views on gender, male children are often given a lot more freedom than female children. For example, boys are encouraged to take up traditionally masculine activities like sports, while girl...
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Identify and briefly explain three ways in which the new media have changed the processes of selection and/or presentation of the news. (9)

-Democratisation: with the new media access to news broadcasting it has become open to all, for instance via the internet and mobile phones -Loss of control of news agenda by powerful interests, through new ...
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Analyse two factors outside schools that contribute to working class underachievement – 10 marks.

One cultural factor outside the school, that contributes to working class underachievement is parent’s education; Douglas (1964) argues working class parents place less emphasis on education, whilst middle c...
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Applying material from Item A, analyse two reasons for gender difference in achievement (10 marks)

Firstly, as stated in Item A, the impact of feminism has led to major shift in attitudes towards education. Sue Sharpe showed there had been a massive shift in priorities from the 1950s to the 1990s – girls ...
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